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 ## Configuration
 
-### Using .env to load required environment variables
+### Using .env file to load required environment variables
 
 MRSK uses [dotenv](https://github.com/bkeepers/dotenv) to automatically load environment variables set in the `.env` file present in the application root. This file can be used to set variables like `MRSK_REGISTRY_PASSWORD` or database passwords. But for this reason you must ensure that .env files are not checked into Git or included in your Dockerfile! The format is just key-value like: